PILOT.

OPENING ACT:

EXT. ACCRA – DAY

“I Don’t Do Personals by Ramin Djawadi from the HBO Series Westworld Season 3” play in the background.

shot on phone screen.

TEXT:

Yaw

Awurade asomdwoe nka wo, bro.

jerome

Amen bro

jerome

I trust you are well

jerome

Yh bro there’s some arrangements with program that is why you didn’t hear from me

right after a long day, no work.

watched a couple of videos on YouTube, and learnt the Witness’s message on the Truth, i communed with my heart with the sacrifice of forgiveness (i had played off course of consciousness), i was moved to find a feed for my fluid-filled sac.

I HAD A THOUGHT:

oh, why not interact with this brother who kinda spoke about a party as a joke on a line…?

“thought of a courtesy to a mate, right…”

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ON ROAD:

LONG TILTED SHOT:

YAW in frame.

cars: taxis, neat light-scratched cars, and others pass by.

people clean neighbourhood in waiting, for the homowo festivity.

phone vibrates in YAW’S right jean pocket

ZOOM IN: YAW’S face

CLOSE UPWARD SHOT ON: YAW’S pocket with his head in frame

he pulls the phone out of his pocket to read the message

he stares at phone screen to understand the message.

text can be read from screen

FROM: JEROME

MESSAGE:

jerome(cont’d)

sorry for the inconvenience

phone re-vibrates after a beat.

new message received.

he taps on the message to read it.

abdullah

Yo, adey want make you deposit some money for the card top give me make a pay for the app.

yaw

You go pay ooo.

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INT. BEDROOM – DAY

yaw

ahh… what should I send to this guy…

do I really have to?

alright.

YAW lifts his back of this bed, reaching his hand for his phone. he enters his inbox. scrolls to reply to JEROME’S message.

he types…

MESSAGE:

TO: JEROME

yaw

oh, don’t worry bro. i want to say hi.

he wipes off the line, leaving only the first line, and retypes.

yaw

oh, don’t worry bro. i am actually really busy today, bro.

he puzzles over it for some time.

WONDERING:

yaw

will that come off as didn’t get the joke he told or i’m serious about going for the graduation eating party…?

i would have given excuses not to attend anyway.

he wipes off the second line too and retypes.

MESSAGE:

TO: JEROME

yaw

oh, don’t worry bro. do you know how I can get free data from mtn?

sends.

of course, that is a good line to get him to communicate maybe, further, to redirect his mind off how much ever sorry he may “fake to feel”, not thinking he should’ve called or texted before i did.

he is an i.t. guy. he could spit some secrets.

YAW anxiously waits for a reply.

MESSAGE:

FROM: JEROME

jerome

No bro

JEROME replies.

and for me, this is where everything dies out.

communication is hard to have with man these days.

no one really says anything anymore, but still desire to be heard.

So, to let the solution get completed, we may sometimes text ourselves to really learn to listen and find out if we are too cryptic and maybe dissolve the loneliness.

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